$550,000 Buy In Slot Tourney $2500 7/14-15

Not worth it will end up costing $4k since there is rebuys and you know most people in the running will rebuy. I think there is another thread on this one somewhere.

 

I think this is the one @VegasChic did last year. I never play in the buy-in slot tournaments because your buy-in doesn't count as play or hotel spend, which I think is a crock. I'm also not very lucky and prefer to lose the free tourney, rather than one I pay to lose.

 

Did anyone else see the cut off version of this thread and see it as $550,000 Buy in?

So with the rebuys is it second entry or does it combine scores?

 

According to my host it is added to the other rounds.

 

They must not be getting a great response yet as my host sent me a special invite encouraging me to come and celebrate our birthdays during it (we both are July 14th). I'm taking a pass on it.

 

Do any buy-in tourneys give you any kind of points/TCs for the buy in amount? They seem like pretty straightfoward propositions where most if not all of the buys ins go to the prize pool.

 

I did the tourney last year. I ended up placing like 21st or so in the first tourney. Won $2500 FP and $500 FP for the 2nd tourney. There were no rebuys last year. They gave everyone a nice Travelpro rollerboard luggage. The buy-in did not earn any points. I have a new host this year and did not get invited to this tourney. For some reason, I must have dropped off because I don't get invited to slot tourneys anymore. I only get the $5k tourneys.

I decided to do the tourney last year at the last minute because I could out that they only had like 80 people or so participate. My back of the envelope calculation said that I had a better than 50% chance of winning back my buy-in. I did an expected value calculation based on returns and decided to pay the entry fee. Luck was on my side and placed. I turned the FP on a later trip into something good.

I probably would not do the tourney this year with the rebuys. The BR of some of the participants are unreal. It also depends on how many are in the tourney. It was limited to 100 last year. Just my two cents. Good luck if you or anyone decides to participate.